Even just yesterday she was only gone for about 5 hours, and I found myself basically just thinking about when she would be home. I mean I couldn't bring myself to do much of anything except think about when she would be home. Then I couldn't help thinking about the fact that in just a few short days, she won't be coming home. I am just absolutely devastated. I don't know how the heck to pull myself out of it. I appreciate you mentioning the positives, but I just can't stop feeling this way.
lostasf,
I'm sorry you feel so badly. I was distraught before my wife moved out. I actually pushed her to move out earlier than planned (kind of a 180), but I still dreaded the move-out day. I was anticipating being sad for weeks.
However, I don't know if my experience was unique, but what happened was that I realized that everything was suddenly calm and serene. I was finally able to get stuff done around the house. I did tons of home improvement projects. I kept taking bigger risks, like tearing out the sliding glass doors and building carriage doors to replace them. It was a time of wonderful creativity and productivity for me. In fact, history books will refer to that period as "doodler's renaissance of Tuscan architectural elements with a Cambrian explosion of artistic creativity and prodigious productivity unparalleled in the history of human beings." Or something like that.
So, what I'm saying is, you may find that life after move-out day ain't so bad after all.
